Electrify Chicago
An independent tool for viewing City of Chicago building data
According to the
2022 Chicago Climate Action Plan
,
69% of Chicago's emissions come from buildings, making
building emissions our biggest challenge and our biggest opportunity as a city
to tackle climate change. At Electrify Chicago, we showcase building performance using
publicly available data supplemented by community-submitted photographs and building
owners.
Start by looking at Chicago's buildings with the highest greenhouse gas intensity i.e. emissions per square foot. Large, efficient, buildings can perform much better than very inefficient small buildings on this metric.
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Chicago Buildings by Greenhouse Gas Intensity
Note: Data only includes large Chicago buildings from 2021, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Note: This data only includes buildings whose emissions are reported
under the
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Ordinance. According to the City “As of 2016,
this list includes all commercial, institutional, and residential buildings larger than
50,000 square feet.” This dataset is also then filtered to only buildings with
reported emissions > 1,000 metric tons CO2 equivalent.
This data is also from 2021, but when new benchmark data is available, we'll update the site.
| Property Name / address | Primary Property Type |
Greenhouse Gas Intensity (kg CO2 eq./sqft) |
Total Greenhouse Emissions (metric tons CO2 eq.) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
500 W. Belmont Apartments
500 W BELMONT AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft 
Lowest 43%
| 333 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
180 North LaSalle
180 N LaSalle St
| Office | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 5,218 tons 
Highest 7%
|
|
199 East Lake Shore Drive
199 E LAKE SHORE DR
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 381 tons
Lowest 16%
|
|
Walsh Park Apartments
1734 N PAULINA ST
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 582 tons
Lowest 34%
|
|
Drexel Grand
5220 S DREXEL AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 322 tons
Lowest 11%
|
|
10 South Riverside Plaza
10 S Riverside Plz
| Office | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 4,802 tons
Highest 7%
|
|
Triangle Plaza
8750 W Bryn Mawr Ave
| Office | 6.1 kg/sqft
Lowest 43%
| 4,669 tons
Highest 8%
|
|
2300 N Commonwealth
2300 2320 N COMMONWEALTH AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 337 tons
Lowest 12%
|
|
Montclare Senior Residences of Calumet Heights
9401 S STONY ISLAND AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 782 tons
Lowest 46%
|
|
The Oliver on LaSalle - lv048
1140 N La Salle Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 6.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 546 tons
Lowest 31%
|
|
465 North Park
465 N Park Dr
| Multifamily Housing | 6.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 3,213 tons
Highest 12%
|
|
G&A Senior Residence at Kedzie
4054 N KEDZIE AVE
| Multifamily Housing | 6.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 301 tons
Lowest 9%
|
|
Astor Villa Condominium Association
1430 N Astor St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 663 tons
Lowest 39%
|
|
Adam Clayton Powell Paideia Community Academy ES
(CPS)
7511 S South Shore Dr
| K-12 School | 6.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 685 tons
Lowest 40%
|
|
Ainslie Park Condominium Association
840 846 W Ainslie St
| Multifamily Housing | 6.0 kg/sqft
Lowest 41%
| 319 tons
Lowest 11%
|
Data Source:
Chicago Energy Benchmarking Data